A judge has ruled that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions ...

TEGNA Inc., WBIR's parent company, was among the plaintiffs that filed suit via the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the ...

A coalition of news organizations including The Associated Press is suing Tennessee’s top prisons official and a warden, alleging state execution protocols unconstitutionally limit the media's access ...

BRADFORD COUNTY, Fla. — Frank Wells was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Dec. 18, following the rejection of his appeal by the U.S. Supreme Court. This execution marks the 19th ...

A 58-year-old Florida death row inmate claimed that prison officials used expired drugs and skimped on the doses for the last four executions in the state, according to a bombshell lawsuit filed a ...

Four executions have been set this year by the Tennessee Supreme Court, which includes the only woman on the state's death ...

Under Rep. Robert Morris’ proposal, executions would no longer be performed by prison staff.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - An inmate was executed by a firing squad for the murders he committed in 2004. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, have volunteered to carry out the execution ...